stephanie ritthe...who is pregnant with twins....urvived without electricityy..for seven loog days. ((itchiee "well we spent a couple of nightt in thh basement camping generator."and with no air d a conditioning or computers... ritchie is hoping her b.g.e. bill will be lower. utility officials....say many rrtepayers will seeeanother slight reduction. it's the "distribution" bill.thanks to an orderr..from - maryland's publicservice commission...the longer a customer...went... without power.... thh greater...the credit...on their bill.(gould) "to find the balance between allowing the utility" "to ppomote energy efficieecy.""at the same time, where it's using the revenue that it would be bringing in to reinvest in the system." (rydell) "the monthly distrrbutioo charge idely varies depending on how much eneegy you use. in this case, &pthe customers paid about 45-ddlllrs a month.""which means that if they were without power ffr seven days, they would probably pay about ten dollars lesss"but your utility bill is still... plans to seek rate hike -3 sometime this year. (gould) "whether or n